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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 13, 2005Perry County, Mississippi; Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 8:58 AM CST for Perry County, Mississippi; Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 72 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2005, 8:58 AM CST (14:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2005, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 72 days
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Wilcox County, AL, Perry County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 5:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 131458
TORMOB
MSC111-131530-
/X.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.050113T1458Z-050113T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
858 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 853 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH
  OF BELLEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAHNED BY 905 AM CST
  FERGUSON AND WINGATE BY 910 AM CST
  KITTRELL AND BEAUMONT BY 915 AM CST
  HINTONVILLE BY 920 AM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3109 8922 3101 8915 3108 8884 3142 8883
      3142 8902

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 270130
TORMOB
ALC131-270200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.050327T0130Z-050327T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
730 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 727 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST WEST OF  
  ANNE MARIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LAMISON BY 735 PM CST
  PRAIRIE BY 745 PM CST
  MILLERS FERRY AND CANTON BEND BY 755 PM CST
  BOYKIN BY 800 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3212 8762 3202 8762 3206 8721 3223 8738

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 8:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	37 min
Jan 13, 9:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene	73 days
Jan 13, 10:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	40 days
Jan 13, 9:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Washington	73 days
Jan 13, 11:39 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Jan 13, 1:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.